[obol] Re: South-central Oregon, NE California birds.
- From: Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: whoffman@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:57:35 -0700
Franklins were at Summer Lake in early June, so they may well have bred.
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Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
Eugene, Oregon
On Jul 5, 2014, at 9:52 PM, Wayne Hoffman wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I have been east of the Cascades the past few days:
>
> July 3: Cabin Lake, Summer Lake, Lakeview, Dog Lake.
>
> Highlights: Summer Lake had some returning arctic-breeding shorebirds:
>
> Greater Yellowlegs 6
> Dowitcher sp. 1
> Western Sandpiper 12+
> Least Sandpiper 5+
> Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 worn adult
> Baird's Sandpiper 2 worn adults
>
> Bonaparte's Gull 1 imm.
> Franklin's Gull lots (135 in one roost, +
> scattered flybys
> all adults: have they bred here?
>
> Dog Lake
> A really neat place with lot of non-managed marsh. Black Terns were carrying
> food, lots of Sora and Virginia Rail noise.
>
> July 4: Hart Mt., Warner Valley, a bit of Warner Mts.
> at Hart mtn.
> 4 Sage Grouse.
> Short-eared Owl - flying above wet meadow below hot springs, caught thermal,
> soared up over 1000' then dropped down behind low ridge, in sight (site?
> cite?) for over 10 minutes.
> At Hot Springs campground I birded a bit in the willows and Aspens:
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 imm. (brown back) - was mobbed in flight by
> swallows
> Red-naped Sapsucker 1 pair feeding nestlings
> House Wren 1 nest in woodpecker hole
> Robin lots
> Yellow Warbler ubiquitous
>
> July 5: to AlturasCa to Modoc NWR, then to Petroglyph Point, Tule Lake,
> Klamath Falls.
>
> Visited Goose Lake State Park in AM. The park is still there but the lake is
> ALL GONE. Used to be bigger than any lake in Oregon, now is dry from end to
> end.
> Hummingbird at park likely was Black-chinned.
>
>
>
>
> My first visit to Modoc NWR - almost got caught in Alturas holiday
> parade...decided not to do the Easy Rider thing. Refuge has driving tour
> route - ponds with managed water levels, treeless fields...
> Sandhill Cranes, BN Stilts & Avocets with small young, mallards, saw 6
> Western Pond Turtles.
>
> Along hwy from Alturas to Tule Lake was mop-up of a fire in open Ponderosa
> Pine forest - railroad was used as a fire break (or likely starting line for
> backfires???). At west edge of burned area was a stopped train. The part I
> could see was entirely big black tanker cars. i do not know if it was oil,
> but imagine one of those trains getting caught in a fire!
>
> Petroglyph Point: 3 Barn Owls in one hole were likely full-grown young...
> 2 fledgling Prairie Falcons
> White-throated Swifts going into crevices
> House Sparrows nesting in Cliff Swallow nests.
>
> Tule Lake - Molting drake Bufflehead seemed out of place.
> Major nasty algae blooms in some of the sumps.
> 1 Snowy Egret
>
>
>
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